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portendments

portendments is the plural of portendment.

Meaning of portendment

Noun

portendment (plural portendments)

  1. (archaic) An omen.
    • The prophets of God were to these idolatrous Israelites, like comets; who were never seen, without the portendment of a mischief.1808, Joseph Hall, Josiah Pratt, Works: Contemplations on the Old and New Testaments, page 75

Questions about portendments

What is portendments the plural of?
Portendments is the plural of portendment.

Words near portendments in the dictionary

  1. portender
  2. portenders
  3. portendeth
  4. portending
  5. portendment
  6. portendments
  7. Portendorfer
  8. portends
  9. portension
  10. portensions
  11. portent

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